Senate Democrats Play Hide the Ball With New Hate Crime Bill
Apr 16th, 2021 4 min read COMMENTARY BY Legal Fellow, Meese Center Sarah Parshall Perry is a legal fellow for the Edwin Meese III Center for Legal and Judicial Studies at The Heritage Foundation. U.S. Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-HI) speaks during a press conference on the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act at the U.S. Capitol on April 13, 2021 in Washington, D.C. Stefani Reynolds / Getty Images Key Takeaways Like much of the legislation arising in the 117th Congress, the bill plays hide the ball with its real purpose: sexual identitarianism. S.937 duplicates ha...